ZERO WASTE PATTERN DRAFTING

WITH THE DECODE PATTERN MASTER SYSTEM

For years people have been asking where the book is.

Workshop after workshop in New York, London, Lagos, and Tokyo, I'd watch someone have an ah-ha moment with the pattern master and ask why it doesn't exist as a book.

Now it does!

Zero Waste Pattern Drafting is the book I've been building toward for over a decade. It contains the methodology I've spent years developing behind closed doors, refining with industry partners, testing in studios, teaching in rooms full of designers who couldn't believe how simple it actually is.

The book is practical, visual, and built to draft from zero. Within it are ten complete garment systems to draft your own zero waste garments from scratch, and a method that makes zero waste feel like the obvious way to do things… because it is.

It's finally here and I can't wait to put it in your hands.

Launching on Kickstarter August 17.

Draft from zero.

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the book

Open book showing design sketches, diagrams, and notes on drafting considerations for clothing or fabric patterns, with a blue cover.

The first edition of

Zero Waste Pattern Drafting

with the DECODE Pattern Master System.

250 pages of History, methodology, step-by-step drafting, sewing instructions, and digital pattern files

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the tools

Person in a blue suit holding a clear plastic measurement guide with a label indicating 4/8 inches, two white buttons, and grid lines.

The physical version of the

DECODE Zero Waste Pattern Master Tools

Nine physical drafting tools that correspond to the ten garment blocks featured in the book

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as seen on

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A person with short, white hair and glasses smiling while holding a scissors. They are wearing a pink and white apron over a white shirt and a blue knitted sweater, standing against a pink background.

Person holding a blue book titled "Zero Waste Pattern Drafting" by Danielle Elsener, with a chart graphic on the cover, against a pink background.

Person using a red pen to draw or write on a patterned surface, wearing a pink and white shirt with measuring tape draped around their neck, and a smartwatch on their wrist.

Danielle Elsener is a Zero Waste System Designer, educator, industry consultant, and creative strategist specializing in research and development surrounding the future of sustainability in the fashion industry. For over a decade, Danielle has worked with industry, educational institutions, and entrepreneurial ventures as a consultant and educator to shift the reality of sustainability in fashion.

Elsener is currently consulting with global fashion brands, co-running Zero Waste Design Collective, and teaching at Fashion Institute of Technology on the MFA programs Pattern Recognition course, educating the next generation of designers on innovative patterning methodology and 3D design.